United States · Bill · S
S. 317 (111th)
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Introduced
26 January 2009
Last action
26 January 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S835)
Sponsors
Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
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Timeline
26 January 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S834-835)
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S835)
Source: IntroReferral
26 January 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 January 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 January 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 January 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 26 January 2009
Sponsors
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssga00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Stop the Congressional Pay Raise Act
- related to → Congressional Pay Reform Act of 2009
- related to → Delay Congressional Pay Raise Act
- related to → To repeal the provision of law that provides for automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
- related to → Stop the Congressional COLA Act
- related to → To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States exceeded receipts of the United States.
- related to → To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
- related to → To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
- related to ← A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
- related to ← A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
- related to ← A bill to require Congress to lead by example and freeze its own pay and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits and other Federal aid.
- related to ← A bill to provide that Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during fiscal year 2011.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/317
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/317
- us · 111-s-317 · source updated 5 December 2025